George Paton’s top lieutenant is getting interest for a top job.
Broncos assistant general manager Darren Mougey interviewed Saturday morning for the New York Jets’ vacant general manager job, the Jets announced.
Mougey, NFL Network reported, is one of several candidates set to speak with the Jets this weekend.
The 39-year-old Arizona native has been with the Broncos his entire front-office career. After playing collegiately at San Diego State and spending a couple of seasons trying his hand at playing in the NFL, Mougey started in Denver’s organization as a scouting intern in 2012.
He moved steadily up the ranks to scouting assistant, area scout and eventually helped run the Broncos’ college scouting operation. After Paton was hired as the general manager in 2021, Mougey became the director of player personnel. A year later, he was promoted to assistant general manager.
“He’s got all the traits you want,” Paton said of Mougey in 2022 after he was promoted. “He’s great with people, great evaluator. I talked about the management and the organization and the detail. So he’s got everything you want.”
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